Six months after South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore suffered one of the most gruesome injuries of the 2012 college football season, the 21-year-old is ready to be drafted. Where and when, he's not sure, but it certainly won't be with the same fanfare he would have received had he ...

Hard-nosed running backs will have their hands full this offseason and for quite some time beyond that as they attempt to determine just how aggressive they can be under new NFL rules that will penalize them for leading into defensive players in the open field with the crown of their ...

The Minnesota Vikings took a big, unexpected leap forward in 2012. And while MVP Adrian Peterson was the key to a playoff season, young quarterback Christian Ponder also found a groove, especially late in the year. Ponder, though, admits he still has plenty of room to improve. That'll be an ...

Adrian Peterson knows what Derrick Rose is going through. Rose is battling back from an ACL tear just like the one that Peterson recovered from so quickly last year. Peterson might be the MVP only a year after wrecking his knee, and he believes Rose can do the exact same ...

There's no question that Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has had a phenomenal season, especially given that he's coming back from such a big injury. But he's also had a little help from his friends during his comeback. While he hasn't had the luxury of a big-time quarterback and ...

When NFL fans wondered exactly how Adrian Peterson would bounce back from a devastating knee injury late last year, few probably figured he could put together one of the best rushing seasons in NFL history. Yet that's just what the Minnesota back has done, rushing for 1,600 yards in the ...

It's intriguing to think of where the Minnesota Vikings might be this year if they had a bona fide quarterback. Christian Ponder has had his share of rough games, and shouldered the blame for another loss on Sunday, this time to Green Bay. He completed 12 of 25 pass attempts ...

I, like the rest of the world, tuned into Sunday night's NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants expecting a dramatic showdown. I also expected the Packers to win. Instead, the Giants crushed the Packers 38-10 to send Green Bay one game behind Chicago in the ...

The Minnesota Vikings are sliding after a red-hot start, and their young quarterback has been a big reason for the drop-off. Christian Ponder is once again taking heat for his play, after it seemed he was turning a corner to start his second season, and now -- despite the fact ...

Sidney Rice and the Seattle Seahawks host the Minnesota Vikings this week, which gives Rice a chance to take on his former team and many of his good friends in what could be an important NFC matchup in terms of wild-card positioning.
But Rice knows that on Sunday, the focus won't ...